@article {1810, title = {Understanding How Companies Interact with Free Software Communities}, journal = {IEEE Software}, volume = {30}, year = {2013}, month = {9/2013}, pages = {38 - 45}, abstract = {When free, open source software development communities work with companies that use their output, it{\textquoteright}s especially important for both parties to understand how this collaboration is performing. The use of data analytics techniques on software development repositories can improve factual knowledge about performance metrics. }, issn = {0740-7459}, doi = {10.1109/MS.2013.95}, author = {Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona and Izquierdo-Cortazar, Daniel and Maffulli, Stefano and Gregorio Robles} }